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In Meritz Fire & Insurance Co Ltd v (1) Jan De Nul NV (2) Codralux SA 2010 EWHC 3362 (Comm), the High Court ruled that advance payment guarantees (APGs) issued by the claimant insurance company to the defendants, guaranteeing the repayment of payments made by the defendants under three shipbuilding contracts (the Contracts), were performance bonds or demand guarantees on which the claimant was liable without regard to the Contracts

Mortgage Express v Mehrban Michael Singh Sawali 2010 EWHC 3054 (Ch) concerned attempts by Mortgage Express to obtain the entire contents of a solicitor's files created in relation to the solicitor's joint retention by Mortgage Express and a number of its borrowers

In Templeton Insurance Ltd v Motorcare Warranties Ltd 2010 EWHC 3113 (Comm) the Commercial Court heard a dispute between Templeton, an insurance company incorporated in the Isle of Man, engaged in the business of selling mechanical breakdown insurance (MBI), and its UK agent, Motorcare

Prudential Assurance Co Ltd & Ors v Revenue & Customs Commissioners 2010 EWHC 2811 (Ch) concerned the UK's former rules on the taxation of dividends received by insurance companies resident in the UK on shareholdings in foreign companies which were held as investments in their pension and life assurance business

In Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines v Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Limited 2010 EWHC 2661 (Comm) the Commercial Court had to assess the impact of the Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2009 (the Order), and a licence made under it (the Licence), on the provision of marine professional and indemnity (P&I) insurance

In Clinton David Jacobs v Motor Insurance Bureau 2010 EWCA Civ 1208, the Court of Appeal held that where a person is injured by an uninsured driver and is entitled to recover from the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB), that person is entitled to recover damages assessed according to English law, rather than the law where the accident occurred